The local hockey team can get a step closer to clinching a division title tonight when they host the worst team in their conference.
The Calgary Flames (47-21-7, 101 points) welcome the Los Angeles Kings (27-39-8, 62 points) to the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames are the top team in the Western Conference, while the Kings are in the conference’s basement.
The puck drops at 7 p.m. on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan. The Flames opened as a heavy (-465) favourite on Oddshark’s moneyline.
The Flames
Projected lines, via Daily Faceoff:
Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm Giordano – Brodie Mike Smith starts for the third consecutive game, backed up by David Rittich (who has been under the weather since the weekend, which explains three starts in a row for Smith).
Tkachuk – Backlund – Frolik
Neal – Jankowski – Czarnik
Mangiapane – Ryan – Hathaway
Hanifin – Hamonic
Fantenberg – Andersson